Title

Fashion Culture: Liya Kebede in conversation with Elizabeth Way

Contributor Names

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Museum

Kebede, Liya, 1978-

Way, Elizabeth (Writer on fashion)

Date

2019-05-08

Description

Accomplished supermodel and designer Liya Kebede joined MFIT Assistant Curator of Costume Elizabeth Way to talk about lemlem, Kebede's collection of women's, men's, children's clothing, and home goods made entirely in Africa. The core collection is handwoven from natural cotton sourced in Kebede's native Ethiopia. Women artisans are at the heart of lemlem, and the brand is committed to helping them find health care, education, and jobs through the lemlem Foundation.

Type

Moving Image

Subject

Kebede, Liya, 1978-

Fashion--African influences

Fashion design

Sustainability

Ethiopia

Africa

Rights

In Copyright

This video was produced by the Fashion Institute of Technology ("FIT") and is the property of FIT. FIT expressly prohibits the copying, displaying, or uploading to a website of any portion of this video, except for the purposes of fair use as defined in the copyright laws, without express written permission from FIT. This video has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for content in this video and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].

Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000465